Richard Pearsall (cricketer)

Richard Devenish Pearsall (15 January 1921 – 2013) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1947 and 1948.[1]

Richard Pearsall

Personal information
Full name	Richard Devenish Pearsall
Born	15 January 1921 Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
Died	2013 (aged 91 or 92)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1947–1948	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 230 Batting average 15.33 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 80* Balls bowled 2142 Wickets 27 Bowling average 36.37 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 4/51 Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2019

Pearsall attended Oundle School and King's College, Cambridge. A medium-pace bowler and lower-order batsman, he played several matches in two seasons after the war for Cambridge University without gaining a Blue. His best bowling figures were 4 for 51 against Free Foresters in 1947,[2] and his highest score was 80 not out against Middlesex in 1948, when he and Barry Pryer added an unbeaten 149 in 90 minutes for the ninth wicket.[3]

References

1. Annual Report 2014, King's College, p. 248.
2. "Cambridge University v Free Foresters 1947". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
3. Wisden 1949, p. 592.

External links

• Richard Pearsall at ESPNcricinfo
• Richard Pearsall at CricketArchive